Takeapart baby-carriage.



No. 897,502. 'PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908. P. TURNER. TAKEAPART BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION IIILBD llA-B. 12, 190B.

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TAKEAPAR'T BABY-CARRIAGE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Application filed March 12, 1908. Serial No. 420,748.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK TURNER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Takeapart Baby-Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

The'invention relates in general to takeapart baby carriages and specifically to means for connecting the several parts comprising the body or crib portion of the carriage and for attaching said crib portion as a whole to the lower structure of the vehicle.

The main object of the invention is to produce a baby carriage in which the parts comprisin the crib can be quickly and easily assem led for use in strong, stable form with the employment of a minimum of attaching means and at the same time be adapted for ready disengagement for pack ing in small compass for shipment or storage.

Another object is the production of a crib structure of a baby carriage which can be, if desired, quickly detached as a whole, with slight effort, from the Wheel structure of the carriage and used as a stationary crib.

I The invention comprises the various details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken, showing the crib structure. Fig. .2 vis a broken perspective showing the means of attaching the back and side uprights to the floor of the carriage. Fig. 3 is a broken lateral section taken through the rear frame loop, the handle bar u rights and the springs being omitted, and ig. 4 is a broken perspective showing the connection of the side uprights with the top rail of the body structure.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein like 'parts are indicated by like reference numerals throughout the several views, 1.

and 2 denote respectively the lower and upper sections of the floor of the crib portion of the carriage and formed of any suitable material and dimensions.

3 and 4 denote the forward and rear frames res ectively, each formed preferably of a single length of, hollow tubing bent into loop form, the front frame 3 being of appropriately smaller relative size but in general 7 being provide form and means of attachment to the car'- riage floor similar to the rear frame 4.

5 denotes upright bars comprising, in conjunction with loop 4, the back of the crib portion, the lower end of each of said bars removabl seating in one of a series of appropriate y-spaced recesses 10 formed in section 2 of the floor, and the upper end in one of a series of recesses formed in loop 4 and positioned respectively in alinement with recesses 10, the bars being formed of such length as to snugly seat in their respective recesses and be readily removable therefrom when desired, loop 3 being of course provided with a series of bars of similar construction and attachment as those of loop 4.

The ends of loops 3 and 4 extend through section 2 of the floor of the carriage and rest upon section 1 and receive stay-bolts 6, passing through section 1 of the floor and frictionally held thereby. Said stay-bolts,

threaded and provided with usual binding nut, are designed to snugly fitthe bore of said loops, into the ends of which they extend an appropriate distance and are held in desired relation thereto by means of threaded clamping bolts 7, passing removably through the loop ends and bolts 6 and provided with a threaded removable nut on either end.

8 and 8 denote respectively upper and lower rails adapted to seat in a propriately and front positioned, recesses in the bac rame loops, slplplemental attaching means y means of one of a series of securing bolts 11 passing throu h said front loo and that end of the ra' s connected tiiereto, the other'end of said rails being frictionallyheld in its respective recess in the rear loop, a duplicate pair of rails in the same relative position and similarly attached to the loops bein of course provided on the opposite side 0 the carriage.

9 denotes a series of side uprights the lower end of each member of which seats in one of a series of recesses 10 extending along the side edge of the carriage floor. Said uprights pass behind rail 8 and through apertures provided in rail 8, being held in desired position by removable bolts 11 threaded to receive binding nuts on either end and passing through ralls 8 and uprights 9, as shown disengagement therefrom, and to the carriage floor by means of bolts 6, the handle-bar su ports being formed in their ends with suitab e a ertures and positioned on said bolts before 1; eir nuts are applied.

14 denotes sprin s, of ordinary type, and attached to the b0 y portion of the carriage in manner similar to that of the handle-bar supports and to the wheel frame in any usual manner, bolts 6 and cooperating nut thus simultaneously securing loop 4, the handlelfiar supports, and the springs to the carriage oor.

From the above it will be obvious that I have provided a strong, stable baby carriage body structure which is adapted by the emplo ment of slight manipulation of few parts, to e quickly taken a art and arranged in conveniently arrange small compass for trans ortation or storage and as readily and quickly reassembled in operative form, while, if desired, the body structure may be disconnected as a whole from the lower wheel structure and handle-bar supports and used alone. I

Havin thus described the invention what is claime as new, is

1. A baby carriage including a base, suporting springs therefor, and a handle memher, frame bars supported on the base, and single bolt connectlons uniting. the frame bars and base, said bolts receiving the supporting springs and handle member.

2. A aby carriage com rising a base, frame bars mounted on the ase, bolts passing through the base and removably secured in the frame bars, su porting springs engaging said bolts beneath the base, a handle bar engaging said bolts beneath the base, and nuts cooperating with the bolts to secure the framebars, supporting springs, and handle bar in position.

3. A baby carriage comprising a base, a frame structure supported thereon, said structure including loop form end bars, the terminals of each end bar being seated in the base, bolts assed through the base and seated within tfie terminals of the loop bars, and transverse bolts passed through the loop bars and base bolts.

4. A baby carriage comprising a base including an upper and a lower section, a carriage frame including loop form'end bars, the terminals of each of said end bars being inserted in openings formed in the upper section of the base and resting upon the upper surface of the lower section of'the base, bolts passed through the lower section of the base and seating in the terminals of the end bars, and bolts passed transversely through said bars and through the base bolts.

5. A baby carriage including a base, a frame supported thereon and including loop formed end bars having their terminals removably secured in the base, upright bars joining the end bars and base intermediate the terminal sections of said end bars, and

side sections joining the alined terminal sections of the respective end bars, said side sections comprising longitudinal bars connected with the end bars, and uprights seated in openings in the base and passing through one 0 said longitudinal bars, and means for securing the uprights to the longitudinal bar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK TURNER. Witnesses:

TONY N ANEK, O. L. NEFF. 

